Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1930, Page 43

SPORYS. THE EVENING STAR, WAS) iINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1930. SPORTS. : Schmeling Enigma to Dopesters Who Would Figure His Chances in Title Bout LITTLE TO GO BY IN SIZING HiM UP German Makes Scant Effort to Train Against Best Punch of Sharkey. BY EDWARD J. NEIL, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. NDICOTT, N. Y, June 6— Not since gorgeous Georges Carpentier, orchid man of| France, hid behind the| closed doors of his training camp at Manhasset, in 1921, has a man| of mystery trailed such a string of doubts and surprises across the heavyweight horizon as Max Schmeling. Next Thursday night the young Teu- ton will match his youth and punching p power against Jack Sharkey's skill and experience in a 15-round battle in the Yankee Stadium for the world’s heavy- weight championship Gene Tunney tossed aside. Many capable critics be- lieve Max will win the title, although e is certain to be an underdog in the wagering. Yet no man in fistic his- tory, with the possible exception of Jim Jeffries or Luis Angel Firpo, ever came 50 far in so short a time or won for ‘himself & challenger’s rating on so brief a display of prowess. He has fought five men in two years and has beaten only two good ones. ‘The air of mystery is not as deep as the secretive atmosphere that surround- ed Carpentier when the slender French- man, first European to fight for the title in modern times, worked on Long Island for bis slaughter at the hands of Jack Dempsey. The mystery this time is in young Schmeling himself. In his main ~ American cangquests Schmeling knocked out Johnny Risko and Paulino Uzcudun, and he turned both these stunts without suffering any punishment to speak of. Apparently he is a purely offensive figh machine, with the same paralyzing t right-hand smash to the head, a newly developed left hook that is just fair, and little or no defense against a good boxer-puncher. Fires Left Jabbers. Another controversy centers about Schmeling’s failure to employ the best available. to shun training opposition endowed with any resemblance of Sharkey's fa- vorite weapon. The 8] part- ner in camp with an astute left hand, a youngster named Stanley Poreda, was Teleased after a few days, in which he massaged Schmeling's features with jabs almost without intes tion. Charley Belanger, a capable ht- heavyweight with a fine left hand and good right cross, similar in-style to Sharkey, has arrived in camp to box with Schmeling for the first time to- morrow. the German's handlers have decided to put their charge to the final test after preparing him against every style of fighting 17 other sparring partners had to offer. Strangely enough, Belanger, who has never seen Schmeling box, thinks that Sharkey is certain to whip the German lnzlx ;hauld knock him out. T & solid year's lay-off from the ring, Max has boxed just 14 days to prepare for the Sharkey battle. He will work out three more afternoons before hanging up his training gloves until the next fight rolls around. No one knows what he weighs, but the suspic- don is general that he is under veight. Too finely drawn, and many of the critics believe that he has not done - mmdmm t work for so important a mat Max Is Satisfied. Yet Max himself is satisfled ;leh’ltlflon. confident that he Il'".h will win, but frank to grant the possibility that Sharkey will prove too much for him. 1 may lose, but I don't think so0,” e_,?l.fl today. becat my But if I Jose I have lots of time for an- “I have worl iy, yes. ‘That iy enough for me, because I never get out of condition. I am young, 24. If I can't get ready for any fight in 17 stz;’of boxing then I can’t ever be No one in American fistic circles has any idea how well Schmeling can take s punch on the chin, how well he stands up under a body bombardment :ldl as Sharkey is certain to send his ay. Max says: “Oh, yes, vell, ve see.” SHEA PUTS UP FORFEIT TO FORCE TITLE FIGHT CHICAGO, June 6 (P).—Eddie Shea, Chicago contender for the world’s featherweight championship, hopes to force Bat Battalino, title holder, into & cham; match. He has posted $2,500 with the Illinois State Athletic Commission binding a challenge. The match, if closed, may be staged #n the Chicago Stadium June 30. NAVY CREW HAS DRILL ON COMMENCEMENT DAY ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jupe 6.— Com- fmencement day, even though some of the oarsmen are members of the grad- uating class, was not allowed to inter- fere with rowing practice yesterday. All members of the squad reported as usual, including Capt. Herman Plec- zentkowski of the varsity and Charley Westhofen, stroke of the junior varsity, who had received their diplomas a few hours earlier. However, the heat cut the practice short, and Glendon took his crews about 2 miles up the river and let his oars- men have a good swim, working back to the boat house at moderate pace. WILNER IS SPIKED. PHILADELPHIA, June 6.—As the re- sult of a spike injury received yesterday in a ball game with Rutgers, Mort Wil- ner, Washington, D. C., boy, Penn base ball and foot ball player, may have had his egiate athletic career cut short. SATURDAY FREE and SUNDAY 9am. to 7:30pm. At Old Arlington Beach Opposite Hoover Field RIDE *~, DRIVE In a New Model EVINRUDE BOAT Stanley H. Horner, Inc. Distributors Dodge Boats—Evinrude Motors Phone Natianal 5800 if the next name to adorn the Muldoon-Tunney Trophy should end in “EY” as the last two have done. Dempsey, Tunney, Sharkey— why not? And Sharkey, in a way, is sort of a combination of the two in whose footsteps he may follow—a puncher, like Dempsey, and a boxer, like Tun- ney. But, before I get crowned, let me hasten to add that at his best he cannot punch as hard as Dempsey nor at his best box as well as Tun- ney. Neither does he have the gray matter of the last heavywelght title- holder, nor the fighting spirit and ring ality of the Manassa lT would be strange, wouldn't it, Mauler. However, Sharkey will do until a better man comes along, and who among us can tell whether a better man will come along the night of June 12 or not? Today let us con- sider four reasons why Jack should win the world heavyweight cham- Scm in_his fight with Max ‘hmeling of Germany. Pirst, and granting that Sharkey has the physical qualities that a champion should have, such as skill, B , strength, courage and the ability to hit and to take it, he should go into this fight with the 7 greatest will to win that he has ever had before any bout since he almost knocked out Jack Dempsey in the first round of their memorable en- counter three years ago. To win the title for wife and children, and for America, his country, what greater incentives could a man have? Second, we know that Sharkey is good, whereas Schmeling is still quite an unknown quality. The gob is an in-and-outer, yes, but in some of his fights he has looked the part of a real champion. When few other white heavies would mix with God- frey and Wills, he fought and beat them both. Maloney, Delaney and Loughran he put away in a total of nine rounds. Third, apparently he is in splendid condition, and as he has trained and fought twice since Schmeling last fought, he ought to have the edge in that respect over the German. Last, this time the crowd should be with him and not against him, and for that reason he should turn in one of his real good fights. GYMNASTS IN MEET. LOS ANGELES, June 6 (#).—The |right of the Swiss Turn Verein gym- nasts from Union City, N. J., to retain their national A. A. U. title will be chal- lenger here tonight, when the picked performers of the country gather for the annual championship. £ e e x\\w“)-' A ks 7t uwe CARNERA SHOWS HE REALLY CAN FIGHT Behemoth Takes Place Among Title Contenders With Kayo of Christner. By the Assoclated Press. ETROIT, Mich., June 6.—Primo Carnera, “the Ambling Alp,” is one of the foremost among the heavyweight contenders to- day by reason of his impressive four- round knockout victory over Meyer (Ko) Christner of Akron, Ohio, in Floyd Fitzsimmons’ arena last night. After a bad first round, in which Christner sent the crowd of 18,000 wild with a barrage of lefts and rights which the giant Italian could not ward off, Carnera began a systematic attack, di- rected principally at.his opponent’s bad left eye. He had the optic badly swelled at the end of the third and set the blood to flowing freely from a cut over it with a brace of left jabs in the early part of the fourth. Then came a ponderous right to the chin, with 1 minute and 40 seconds to go, and the man whom Sharkey, Risko and Knute Hansen couldn’t fell went down. Not until well after the count of 10 was he able to rise. Big Weight Disparity. Primo outweighed the Akronite by 64 pounds, scaling 265 pounds, com- pared with Christner’s meager 201, but it was the superior height and reach of the giant Italian which decided the match. Time and again Carnera held Christner at arm’s length and banged him with his free glove. Christner fought gamely to the end. Aiming his blows high, he used both right and left to good advantage, sev- ral times making Primo wince per- ceptibly. ~ Carnera remained calm throughout, however, absorbing punish- ment with a smile and smashing back at_every opening. Eighteen thousand skeptics, who paid $76,000 to see Primo in action, left satisfled that he can take and give. THOMPSON FIGHTS BRITON. 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